Sulla's second civil war

Provided the full name of Gnaeus Papirius Carbo

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	With Mithridates defeated and Cinna now dead in a [[mutiny]], Sulla was determined to regain control of Rome. In 83 BC he landed uncontested at [[Brundisium]] with three veteran legions. As soon as he had set foot in Italy, the outlawed nobles and old Sullan supporters who had survived the Marian regime flocked to his banner. The most prominent was [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius]], who had gathered legions in Africa and, with Marcus Licinius Crassus who had raised troops in Spain, joined Sulla soon after his landing in Italy. The consular [[Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 91 BCE)|Lucius Marcius Philippus]] also joined Sulla and led a force which secured [[Sardinia]] for the Sullan cause. Here is also where the young Gnaeus [[Pompey]] first comes into the limelight, the son of [[Pompeius Strabo]], he raised three legions in [[Picenum]] and, defeating and outmanoeuvering the [[Gaius Marius|Marian]] forces, made his way to Sulla. With these reinforcements Sulla's army swelled to around 50,000 men, and with his loyal legions he began his second march on Rome.		With Mithridates defeated and Cinna now dead in a [[mutiny]], Sulla was determined to regain control of Rome. In 83 BC he landed uncontested at [[Brundisium]] with three veteran legions. As soon as he had set foot in Italy, the outlawed nobles and old Sullan supporters who had survived the Marian regime flocked to his banner. The most prominent was [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius]], who had gathered legions in Africa and, with Marcus Licinius Crassus who had raised troops in Spain, joined Sulla soon after his landing in Italy. The consular [[Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 91 BCE)|Lucius Marcius Philippus]] also joined Sulla and led a force which secured [[Sardinia]] for the Sullan cause. Here is also where the young Gnaeus [[Pompey]] first comes into the limelight, the son of [[Pompeius Strabo]], he raised three legions in [[Picenum]] and, defeating and outmanoeuvering the [[Gaius Marius|Marian]] forces, made his way to Sulla. With these reinforcements Sulla's army swelled to around 50,000 men, and with his loyal legions he began his second march on Rome.
−	To check his enemies' unresisted advance, [[Carbo]] sent his newly elected puppet Consuls, [[Gaius Norbanus]] and [[Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (consul 83 BC)|Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus]], both with armies against Sulla. Eager not to appear a war-hungry invader, Sulla sent deputations to Norbanus offering to negotiate, but these were rejected. Norbanus then moved to block Sulla's advance at [[Canusium]] and became the first to engage him in the [[Battle of Mount Tifata]]. Here Sulla inflicted a crushing defeat on the Marians, with Norbanus losing six thousand of his men to Sulla's seventy.	+	To check his enemies' unresisted advance, [[Gnaeus Papirius Carbo]] sent his newly elected puppet Consuls, [[Gaius Norbanus]] and [[Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (consul 83 BC)|Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus]], both with armies against Sulla. Eager not to appear a war-hungry invader, Sulla sent deputations to Norbanus offering to negotiate, but these were rejected. Norbanus then moved to block Sulla's advance at [[Canusium]] and became the first to engage him in the [[Battle of Mount Tifata]]. Here Sulla inflicted a crushing defeat on the Marians, with Norbanus losing six thousand of his men to Sulla's seventy.
	The beaten Norbanus withdrew with the remnants of his army to [[Santa Maria Capua Vetere|Capua]] and Sulla was stopped in his pursuit by the second Consul, Scipio. But Scipio's men were unwilling to fight and when Sulla approached they deserted en masse to him, further swelling his ranks. The Consul and his son were found cowering in their tents and brought to Sulla, who released them after extracting a promise that they would never again fight against him or rejoin Carbo. However, immediately after their release Scipio broke his promise and went straight to Carbo in Rome.		The beaten Norbanus withdrew with the remnants of his army to [[Santa Maria Capua Vetere|Capua]] and Sulla was stopped in his pursuit by the second Consul, Scipio. But Scipio's men were unwilling to fight and when Sulla approached they deserted en masse to him, further swelling his ranks. The Consul and his son were found cowering in their tents and brought to Sulla, who released them after extracting a promise that they would never again fight against him or rejoin Carbo. However, immediately after their release Scipio broke his promise and went straight to Carbo in Rome.
	Sulla then defeated Norbanus for a second time, who also escaped back to Rome and had Metellus Pius and all other senators marching with Sulla declared enemies of the state.		Sulla then defeated Norbanus for a second time, who also escaped back to Rome and had Metellus Pius and all other senators marching with Sulla declared enemies of the state.